Many men try to prevent hair loss as they get older, but a new study has revealed that bald men may actually be sexier to women.

The research found that hairless men are leading the way in attractiveness, and appear more confident and dominant to the opposite sex.

The study was conducted by the University of Pennsylvania, who asked male and female students to rate photos of men.

They had to judge each picture based on three categories — attractiveness, confidence and dominance — and bald men led across the board.

Participants consistently rated natural bald men, and those who had their scalps digitally enhanced to be bald for the study, as stronger than those with thick or thinning hair.

In addition, baldness was found to make the men appear taller.

The study said: “Namely, the men were viewed as nearly an inch taller and 13 percent stronger when pictured with shaved heads versus with hair.

“Because only their hair was altered in these photographs, other factors cannot account for these differences.”

And the growing trend for men to debut bald heads or shave off their hair is popping up all over Hollywood too.

The style has been made popular by the likes of Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, the latter of whom is married to Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

The study concluded: “Instead of spending billions each year trying to reverse or cure their hair loss, the counterintuitive prescription of this research to men experiencing male pattern baldness is to shave their heads.

“The results of these comparisons should shed light on whether men with thinning hair can alter their interpersonal standing by shaving their heads.”

Despite the pros of the study, it wasn’t all good news for those with shining heads.

Researchers found that those who had shaved heads were considered four years older on average.